Collier, Christopher. "Criteria for Historical Fiction." School Library Journal (August 1982): 32-33. Collier discusses the novels he has co-authored with his brother.

"Johnny and Sam: Old and New Approaches to the American Revolution." Horn Book (April 1976): 132-138. Collier contrasts the approach in My Brother Sam Is Dead to Esther Forbes's approach in Johnny Tremain.

Commire, Anne, ed. Something about the Author. Vols. 8, 16. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976, 1979. Contain accounts of James and Christopher Collier's lives, and provide some analysis of their works.